{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Faces Online","provider_url":"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/","author_name":"Asset Financials","author_url":"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/author\/elleke-bender\/","title":"Interview Fred Paling - Faces Online","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kcO5Zo8SlD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/interview-fred-paling\/\">Interview Fred Paling<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/interview-fred-paling\/embed\/#?secret=kcO5Zo8SlD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Interview Fred Paling&#8221; &#8212; Faces Online\" data-secret=\"kcO5Zo8SlD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/faces-online.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Faces-banner-ter-vervanging.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"description":"Could you give a brief introduction about yourself, what you have studied and how your career looks like so far?\u00a0 I was born in 1962. After high school, I started studying economics. At one point I started to combine studying and working, as my girlfriend and I wanted to live together. I then started working for the government psychological service. in the 80\u2019s it was not so good with the economy and the government had to make several cuts. As a result, many officials were dismissed. I started working at the department that was in charge of the reintegration of officials. At one point I got a new job as a management consultant. This took so much time and effort, I quit studying in the last year of my doctoral. My work during this period in the psychological realm service consisted mainly of writing a business plan and setting up again this government department on a prudential reads. Some time before I left the governmental psychological services I thought it was pity that I did not have my degree completed, so then I completed an MBA with honors. Then I joined another component work of the Ministry of the Home Affairs where I was deputy director. This was the department of information where public officials dealt with the automating payroll. Then I was asked as policy director but I thought this function would not fit me. I&#8217;m a real do- person and I felt not to be so good at only thinking and writing without seeing actual effects. Eventually I went to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Here I occupied myself with the management of the ministry, everything that has to do with personnel and finances. After that I started working at the Institute for Employee Benefit Schemes (UWV). This was a exciting challenge as social security was previously privately arranged and this was a national changed regularly implementing organization. In 2004, I became head of the employability division where the WAO, WIA and sickness are part. Finally, it has been three years from now when I was asked to join the board of directors. What is your concrete drive for working in the public sector? I do not think that money is most important and I like to do some meaningful work. I have always felt that meaningful work in public domain works best for me. So that has been initially the first reason to work in the public sector. When I worked once there, I became fascinated (and I still am). The implementation, services and the political-administrative domain give enormous complexity and enormous surprising points all the time. There are people who end up in the public sector, after three months saying: &#8220;That&#8217;s not for me.&#8221; Well, I like it. What are the precise purposes of the UWV and in what way do they add value to society?\u00a0 The UWV has a number of goals, but I summarize it briefly to: &#8220;we prefer working instead of payments.&#8221; Our primary goal is to prevent people needlessly lose their jobs and if they do still have lost, to help them as quickly as possible to get back to work. We also provide a period in which people have temporarily no work deputy income benefits. Another task is to assess whether people are sick and to what extent they can do some tasks. Does the judging expire random or systematic?\u00a0 It is not random and it is not systematic. Anyone born incapacitated or who became disabled and got limitations before 18th can appeal to a scheme for a custom workplace and to financial support. The approval happens in advance. Before a decision is made, the person in question is inspected by an insurance doctor who assessed what you cannot and what you still can despite your disability. Then a functional assessment list is made. Everyone is approved in advance; there is no sampling or something like that.\u00a0 How does the UWV get their money and how is it spent?\u00a0 The UWV is funded by the government, the financing of the UWV is part of the State Budget. There are schemes such as unemployment and the WIA that still know the form of premiums. For 2002, the spending on benefits was fully covered by premiums that were paid in funds. The premiums go into the state budget and the benefits go out. It may be that the premium income is lower than the spending on benefits, because it runs over the national budget this is possible. The UWV can spend money on benefits but also on all kinds of facilities to keep people working and help people to get work. In addition, the UWV also spent money on itself, salary for 19,000 employees personnel, computer systems, buildings and so on. Is the UWV is also engaged in Corporate Governance frameworks such as the Code Frijns?\u00a0 Code Frijns does not apply to us. However, the government keeps very busy with governmental issues and, therefore, issues related to self-administrative bodies (SAB) as the UWV. For SABs there is a law which describes, among other state that the UWV exists, what its responsibilities are and in which the structure of the SAB comes forward. It is also mentioned that the minister is responsible. The political leadership my not take place at case level. The minister should not interfere with individual cases, so this also applies to the UWV. Is the UWV further engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility?\u00a0 Many companies include this in their operations in order to contribute something to society besides their primary goal. This is different for the UWV, however; UWV exists because of a societal goal of a new job or income replacement care for people who lose their jobs. This does not mean that we do not concern ourselves further with CSR. For example, also UWV a topic such as environmentally responsible actions are high priority and ensures the UWV that also people in less privileged positions get"}